MP says farmers disgusted with cattle cruelty

The Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, has welcomed a Federal Government decision to suspend live cattle exports to some Indonesian abattoirs.

The Government made the announcement after Four Corners broadcast a report on Australian cattle being subjected to long and painful deaths.

Mr Chester says several farmers have written to him to express their disgust about how the animals were treated.

He told ABC News 24, that Parliament needs to do more to protect animals from cruelty.

"They were disgusted, they were appalled, it was shocking," he said.

"I would've been inundated with 50 or 60 emails today, some of those from farmers who would've said that is not how we want to be seen in the public, that is not how we raise our animals and we don't expect them to be treated like that."